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Gr Produced by drugs
General responses produced by drugs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Addiction | Body response to certain types of drugs that produce both a physiological need and a psychological craving for the substance |
| Antagonistic action | Result observed when medication, used together, to have adverse effects or counterattack one another |
| Cumulative effect | Exaggerated drug effects. Which occur when the body is unable to metabolized drug may cause unfavorable reactions |
| Depressive action | Effect from drugs that slow down cell function |
| Habituation | Individuals development of a psychological need for a specific medication |
| Hypersensitivity | Allergic response to a specific drug such allergies may be demonstrated by a mild skin irritation, itching a rash, or a serve anaphytcal reaction which could be fatal |
| Idiosyncrasy | Unusual reaction to a drug; a distinctive response |
| Irritation | Caused by substances that result in a cellular mild irritation may stimulate cell activity whereas moderate or serve irritation by a drug may decrease cell activity |
| Paradoxical reaction | A drug induced effect that is the exact opposite of that which is therapeutically intended |
| Potentiating agent | A pharmaceutical that increases the effect of another |
| Specific effect | Action usually produced by a drug in a select tissue or organ system |
| Side effect | The result of medication that is given for a particular condition but affects other body areas or has effects other then those sought |
| Stimulation | Effect caused by drug that speeds up cell activity |
| Synergistic effect | Result that occurs when drugs given together produce a greater reaction than when given alone |
| Tolerance | Condition existing when a certain drug dosage is no longer able to give a therapeutic action and must therefore be increased. |